Se habla ingles?

[hackthis_archive]

I had a dream last night that I had to make this poll. It's just for curiousity's sake, but you know me, I may try to pick your brains later if I want one of my characters to start cursing at people in Russian. Even though my keyboard isn't equipped for Russian.

ETA: I define 'speak' as some degree of fluency/proficency where you can a) carry on a conversation b) curse prolifically and summon a policeman in said language and/or c) survive if you are kidnapped, tied up, dropped off in that country with nothing but your name, and can communicate well enough with other people (without sign language) so you can get back home.

Too much Burn Notice what?

ETA 2: Yes, kids, I know that Scandinavian and Eastern European are regions and not languages, but in some instances you have to generalize because unless it's for a paper, I'm not listing 600 languages.

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[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I posted:

ETA: I define 'speak' as some degree of fluency/proficency where you can a) carry on a conversation b) curse prolifically and summon a policeman in said language and/or c) go to that country and communicate with other people without sign language and/or being bitter that nobody else speaks your language.

[cleverthylacine]

I can do those things in Japanese, mostly :) I went to Japan. There were some funny moments, but there were as many funny moments caused by their bad English as by my bad Japanese. Thanks.

[cleverthylacine]

I should probably explain that. I have long, very straight, fairly coarse, heavy black hair. People addressed me in Japanese from behind, I'd turn around and answer them, they'd see my white face and freak out and start trying to speak English. Which they inevitably hadn't done since high school.